WOW Henry, thanks for the Ed Whitlock update, . . . especially I didn’t realize how much I’m like him too (1) running without a “coach or a therapist or any of that . . in a very non-professional way.” (2) not getting that “huge a thrill out of going out and training” which is “kind of a drudge,” (3) not paying “strict attention to diet and takes no supplements,” (4) running “no music, no gadgets, and (5) almost always by himself” because he doesn’t “like to set a schedule to meet someone” but “just go out the door when I feel like going out the door” and, (6) once out, if “I don’t feel (it). I just quit.”

However, that's where any similarity ends as, compared to his recent 3:15 marathon at age 80,

I was ecstatic to get a 6:24 in last year’s Portland.

There's a wonderful article on Ed Whitlock in WSJ. I want to be like him when I grow up.

Especially with Marj at your side, you are every bit our hero too.